Children and Reading Tests — www.greenwood.com

Book flyer
MS Word
International
MS Word

Children and Reading Tests

(Click to Enlarge)

This book is not currently available for purchase Online. Please call 1-800-225-5800 to backorder.

Clifford Hill, Eric Larsen

Book Code: AB4442

ISBN: 1-56750-444-2

ISBN-13: 978-1-56750-444-6

DOI:

Ablex Publishing

Publication: 2/22/2000

List Price: $131.95 (UK Sterling Price: £75.00)

Availability: Out of stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Paperback

Subjects:

Education » Tests & Measurements

Series Title: Advances in Discourse Processes

Series Number: 65

Description: The increasing reliance of our educational system on standardized tests has precipitated a national debate. This debate, however, has proceeded with little attention to the tests themselves. This book makes a scholarly contribution to the debate by using the methods of discourse analysis to examine not only representative material from reading tests but also children's responses to it. The book is particularly attentive to the role of culture in shaping children's understanding of what they read.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Context of Study
^{esting Reader Parsimony}
Truncated Narratives
Excerpted Narratives
Gapped Narratives
Testing Reader Flexibility
Shifting Frames
Resolving Polarities
Changing Registers
Conclusions
Implications of the Study
Glossary
References
Author Index
Subject Index


All rights reserved. Copyright © 1999-2008 Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. 88 Post Road West, Westport CT 06881, (203) 226-3571